Reinforcement of clothes pegs or pins.



F. man. IIEINFORCEMENT 0F CLOTHES PEGS 0R PINS.

` APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22,'l9II- Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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FRANK APTED, OF GEELONG, VICTORIA, `AUSTEM-1111A.

REINFORCEMENT 0F CLOTHES PEGS 0R PINS.

Speccation of Letters Fatent.

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Application filed October 22, 1917. Serial No. 197,915.

ri`his invention relates to domestic and laundry pegs or pins employed for the purpose of holding fabrics to a clothes line for drying or airing purposes. The form of peg commonly used for this purpose is composed of wood and comprises a body having a suitable head and two legs divided by a gullet which permits the legs of the peg to be forced over the fabric which is to be attached 'to the supporting' line. In use, pegs of the kind referred to have proved to be popular but their life is extremely limited due to the splitting, partially or wholly, of the body upwardly from the crown of the gullet thus destroying the usefulness of the peg..

Exposure to weather also tends to shorten the usefulness of a `peg in this regard.

The object of the present invention is to reinforce pegs of the character described in order t0 lengthen the life of the pegs by preventing them from splitting as described and in addition to provide pegs the legs of which will retain the preferred flexibility and therefore be of a morcreliable character. The invention is applicable to vnew as well as to existing pegs and is so arranged that the reinforcement cannot in any manner cause damage to `the articles suspended.

Referring to the drawings which form Aa part of this spccificationrw Figure 1 is a view of a clothes peg or pin of ordinary form having a square cornered major gullet.

Fig. 2 is a view of portion of a peg in which the end of the major gullet is curved or rounded.

Fig. 3 shows a square cornered major gullet having' a minor gullet at its inner end.

Fig. 4 vshows a major gullet having a curved Crown and a minor gullet.

Fig. 5 shows a minor gullet and a circumferential groove around the legs of the peg.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a reinforcing ring having two spike extensions which are pointed or sharpened to be driven into the crown of the gullet.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a reinforcing ring having a long and a short exten` sion in place of the spikes.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a reinforcing ring made in two pieces pivoted to each other one being' provided with two right angled extensions.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 except that the extensions are curved.

Fig. 10 is a part sectional side view of5` portion of 'the peg seen in Fig. 1 showing the reinforcing ring of Fig. 6 applied thereto.

' Fig. 11 shows the application of the reinforcing ringseen in Fig. 7 to a peg having A a circumferential groove but no minor gullet.

Fig. 12 shows portion of a peg having a two-piece reinforcing ring as seen in Fig. 8. The right angled extensions are accommodated by a minor gullet.

Fig. 18 shows a peg encircled by a twopiece reinforcing ring having curved extensions as in Fig. 9.

On 'reference to the drawings it will be seen that the peg has a head' 2, a body 3, two

spring legs 4, a major gullet 5, a crown 6 to said gullet and square corners 7 between thecrown and the legs.

1n Figs. 2 and 4 it will be seen that instead of the crown of the gullet having square corners it is curved as at 8 to strengthen the peg at the .root of the legs..

Formed in the crown of the square corncred gullet (Fig. 3) or the curved gullet (seeFig. 4) may be a minor gullet 9. The width of the said minor gullet as also its height or depth will depend upon conditions. Preferably it has converging walls and a rounded crown as shown.

Around the legs of the peg and near the crown of the gulletmay be formed a circumferential groove-11 to accommodate a reinforcing ring, indicated by the numeral 13 in Figs, 7, 10 and 11.

This ring is constructed of a single strip of metal, preferably wire, one end of which is turned to form a radial extension 15r from which extends a spike 17 having a sharpened point 19. The other end of the strip has a coil 21 wound around the extension 15. Beyond the coil is a spike 25 having a sharpened point 2G.

Instead of the radial extension 15 before described having a spike extending therefrom it inay have an upward extension 27 (Fig. 7 from which protrudes a side exten sion 29. At the other end of `the wire a coil 3l from which extends a leg 35.

In a modification the reinforcing ring is made in two pieces pivotally connected to each other (see Figs. S and 9). These inclu-de a half ring 257 having at each end a loop 89. Through each loop passes portion of a second half ring 41 having bends 43. Beyond each bend is an upward extension 45. From each upward extension protrndes a radial portion 47, one of the two portions 47 resting upon the other.

Instead of the second half ring 4l having upward extensions 45 and radial meeting portions 47 it maybe provided with rounded extension 4.9 one of which rests upon the top of the other as shown. Reinforcing rings of this .type are adaptable to pegs of varying diameters.

It will be seen that the parts 17, 25 in Fig. .6, .the parts 27., 29, and 35 in Fig. 7 the parts 45 and 47 in Fig. S and the parts 4) in Fig. 9, act as limit stops to prevent the reinforcing ring being pushed too far up the peg and also forni distance pieces which determine the position of the reinforcing ring in relation ,to the crown of the legs.

To apply the reinforcing ring seen iii Fig. Gti-ie legs of the peg are pressed together and ,the i-ing yis slipped over their llower ends and pushed upwardly toward the crown of the major gullct into which the sharpened points ofthe spikes are passed as in Fig. 10.V

Upon releasing the legs of the peg they spring outwardly and are gripped tightly by the reinforcing ring.

The modifications shown in Figs. 7 to 9 may be used either with an ordinary peg as in Figs. l and 2 or with a peg having a minor gullet or va circumferential groove or both a ininor gullet and a groove in coinbination as seen in Fig. 5. When used with a minor gullet the upstanding extensions or legs of the ring are pressed into said gullet .as seen in Figs. l2 and 13. The iniiior gullet 9 also serves to strengthen the peg by diverting the strain as it does from the corners 7 from which point the pegs are invariably found to split when in use.

Having now described my invention what I claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A reinforcement for wooden clothes pegs or pins having spi-ing legs and a gullet therebetween, consisting of a metal ring adapted to :encircle said legs, and a stop de- Arice connected to said ring and disposed dianieti'ically of the saine, and perpendicularly with respect to the plane thereof, said stop `device being adapted to perpendicularly .engage the crown of the gullet so as to prevent movement Lof `the rin-g toward the head of the peg after such engagement has been effected.

2. A reinforcement for wooden clothes pegs or pins consisting of a metallic ring formed in two pieces ypivot-ed together, said Vring having in eaiis npstanding therefrom to liinit its upward movement along the peg.

3. A reinforcement for wooden clothes pegs or pins consisting of a metallic ring formed in two pieces pivoted together, one of .said Sections having each of its ends bent to forni upward lextensions and radial meeting portions., the ends of .the other seetion being bentaround the upward bends `of the first section.

4. A reinforcement for wooden clothes.

pegs or pins consisting .of a metallic ring formed in two pieces pivoted to each other, one of said sections lhaving a curved upward .ex-tension at each end thereof, the ends `of the other section being bent around the irst section at the base 1of said curved extensions.

In testimony whereof l `ailix my signature.

FRANK AP ED Witness:

CnoiL W. GLns'iNER.

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